When you launch SOLDIWORKS Visualize, the home screen is the primary screen where you navigate to various elements in the interface:
- Menu bar
- Viewports
- Palette (Objects, Appearances, Scenes, Cameras, Libraries)
- Main toolbar
- Heads-up display
- Animation timeline
To modify the user interface, you must first open a project.
Click New Project to start a blank project, or Open Project to work on an existing project. You can also choose from the list of
Recent Projects, Sample Projects, and Recent SOLIDWORKS Documents in most cases.
When the project has loaded, you can modify the user interface as
follows:
To change the width of the Palette:
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Drag its border with the mouse |
To break the entire Palette away from its dock:
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Drag any tab in
the Palette. You can drag a free-floating palette anywhere on the screen. |
To dock a free-floating Palette:
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Drag it near a
window edge. Anchor arrows appear on the left or right sides. Release the
Palette on top of the arrow on the desired side. |
To hide the main or heads-up display when not in use:
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Click the pin at the upper
right edge. |
To reveal a hidden toolbar:
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Hover over the area where it
resides. Click the pin again to keep it visible. |